Making way for Pizza Inn in Oak Ridge

The Oak Ridge Municipal Planning Commission recently approved a request for a landscaping alternative for the Pizza Inn development at 1501 Oak Ridge Turnpike.

by Beverly Majors/Staff

The Oak Ridge Municipal Planning Commission recently approved a request for a landscaping alternative for the Pizza Inn development at 1501 Oak Ridge Turnpike.

In addition, the Planning Commission discussed and approved its priorities for the city’s Capital Improvement Program for FY 2014-2019.

Surveyor Gene Lackey told planning commissioners that the landscaping alternative would be beneficial to not only the Pizza Inn lot, but also benefit the old Liz’s lot and the area around Smoky Mountain Pawn. The alternative calls for the entire area to be landscaped, not just around the Pizza Inn.

“It would accomplish a better objective,” Lackey said of the landscaping project. “The plan would benefit the lot for many years.”

In other action, the Commission also approved a one-year renewal letter-of-credit in the amount of $1,568,858 for the Crossroads at Wolf Creek neighborhood, and a one-year renewal letter-of-credit of $54,558 for Heritage Center ED-5 East.

The Commission also rated the city’s Capital Improvement Program for FY 2014-2019, putting the city’s Electric Department billing software, SCADA and remote metering at the No. 1 position.